This was determined by a group of neuroscientists and pediatricians, including neuroscientist Martin Teicher and pediatrician Jack Shonkoff, both at Harvard University, neuroscientist Bruce Mc Ewen at Rockefeller University, and pediatrician Bruce Perry at the Child Trauma Academy.When children are overloaded with stress hormones, they’re in flight, fright or freeze mode. They often have difficulty trusting adults or developing healthy relationships with peers (i.e., they become loners)._______________________ This questionnaire was developed by the early childhood service providers, pediatricians, psychologists, and health advocates of Southern Kennebec Healthy Start, Augusta, Maine, in 2006, and updated in February 2013.Two psychologists in the group, Mark Rains and Kate Mc Clinn, came up with the 14 statements with editing suggestions by the other members of the group.So I went on a mission asking every mother I knew for advice. Take off your shoes and dance along in your bare feet when he does.

Alcohol relieves stress.) Using drugs or overeating or engaging in risky behavior leads to consequences as a direct result of this behavior.

Here’s a screen-grab of the home page of that site to give you an idea of how extensive the research is.

Fortunately, brains and lives are somewhat plastic.

This includes heart disease, lung cancer, diabetes and many autoimmune diseases, as well as depression, violence, being a victim of violence, and suicide.

The first research results were published in 1998, followed by 57 other publications through 2011.

For example, smoking can lead to COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or lung cancer. In addition, there is increasing research that shows that severe and chronic stress leads to bodily systems producing an inflammatory response that leads to disease.

The largest groups that do not fall within these three are the Greeks (about 12 million) and the Albanians (about 8 million), which are Indo-European languages that are not closely related to those larger language families.… continue reading »